The radar cross section (RCS) of China’s J-35 series fighter jet is smaller than a human palm, thanks to its special fuselage design and metamaterial technologies exclusive to China, official media revealed on Sunday. An expert said this indicates the J-35’s world-class stealth capability, giving the Chinese warplane a significant advantage. The details on the J-35 series’ stealth capability were provided in an in-depth report by China Central Television (CCTV) News on Sunday. The report followed the announcement by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on September 22 that…
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Beijing: The Chinese military has successfully transformed its decades-old J-6 fighter jets into unmanned drones, giving a new lease of life to a Cold War-era aircraft. The repurposed drone made its debut at the recent Changchun Air Show, confirming long-circulating reports about China’s plan to upgrade its aging fleet. The J-6, based on the Soviet MiG-19, was originally produced in the thousands between the 1960s and 1980s. It is a second-generation supersonic fighter jet capable of flying at 1.3 times the speed of sound, with a combat range of 700…
China’s tech hub Shenzhen has successfully issued 2025 offshore yuan-denominated government bonds in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday, local news portal sztv.com.cn reported on Tuesday. The report said that the move marks the fifth consecutive year that Shenzhen has arranged for local government bonds to be underwritten, registered, and listed in Hong Kong, continuously advancing the interconnectivity of financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The total issuance size of the bonds is 4 billion yuan ($56 million), with maturities of 2, 5, and 10…
China Meteorological Administration has activated the Level II emergency response for major meteorological disasters (typhoons) as Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful typhoon of this year, is approaching, CCTV News reported on Monday. The 18th typhoon of this year, Ragasa super typhoon level, was located about 570 kilometers northeast of Manila, the Philippines, at 8 am on Monday. The maximum wind force near its center reached above Level 17, 62 meters per second. It is moving westward at a speed of approximately 20-25 kilometers per hour and is expected to enter…
HEFEI — The list of 2025 China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises was released Saturday at the World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province. Jointly issued by the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) and the China Enterprise Directors Association (CEDA), the ranking has been published for 21 years in a row, highlighting the consistent progress of China’s manufacturing sector. Based on companies’ operating revenue, the list shows that the threshold for entry rose from 11.09 billion yuan ($1.56 billion) at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) to…
The second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau successfully conducted the Jimu 1 tethered balloon atmospheric observation experiment in Lunang town, Nyingchi, Xizang autonomous region. The tethered balloon, which carried 16 types of scientific payloads across three major categories weighing about 200 kilograms, ascended to 5,500 meters above sea level. Through coordinated multi-payload observations, the experiment marked a technological leap from single-point sampling to three-dimensional monitoring. Zhang Taihua, a senior engineer at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the experiment accurately obtained…
Inside a workshop of Jilin SSK Electromechanical Co in Northeast China in late August, robotic arms moved with precision as workers performed final adjustments on a shipment of machines bound for Russia. The shipment marked the fourth delivery to Northeast Asia this year by the company, a manufacturer of intelligent poultry slaughtering and deep processing equipment in Siping, Jilin province. From January to July, Jilin SSK’s total foreign trade value surged to 31.96 million yuan ($4.48 million), jumping 612.3 percent year-on-year, with exports to countries in the region reaching 17.13…
China’s most celebrated sci-fi writer Liu Cixin said that a defining feature of Chinese science fiction is its optimism toward the future, compared to its foreign counterparts. “I think a significant portion of Chinese sci-fi pays more attention to positive futures,” Liu told the Global Times on Thursday, ahead of the Galaxy Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Many contemporary global sci-fi works project today’s crises and anxieties into dystopian or dark scenarios, according to Liu, noting that Chinese writers often lean toward more hopeful possibilities. “Many…
On the opening day of the 2025 Air Force Aviation Open Event and Changchun Airshow, a J-20 stealth fighter jet, after completing its flight performance, was displayed statically on the ground for the first time, allowing on-site spectators to marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship of this Chinese domestically produced stealth fighter jet. Global Times reporters got a close look at the J-20, and beyond its overwhelming presence, it was the first opportunity to observe its exquisite exterior and meticulous craftsmanship. The J-20 features a lift-body design with canards and strake…